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Acts 9:38

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Jaffa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he would come on to them without delay.

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And now, send messengers to Jaffa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter.

And, after telling them the whole story, sent them to Jaffa.

He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and how the angel had said to him--'Send to Jaffa and fetch the Simon, who is also known as Peter;

And, when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it came about that, for a whole year, they attended the meetings of the Church there, and taught a large number of people; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called 'Christians.'

"I was in the town of Jaffa," he said, "and was praying; and, while in a trance, I saw a vision. There was something like a great sail descending, let down by its four corners out of the heavens; and it came right down to me.

And, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,

Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the People of Christ living at Lydda.

At Jaffa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek 'Dorcas'--a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.

This became known all through Jaffa, and numbers of People came to believe in the Lord.

And Peter stayed some days at Jaffa with a tanner named Simon.




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